'Coal Mining in Australia to 2020' report comprehensively covers
Australian reserves of coal, proximate analysis of various coal,
reserves by state, the historic and forecast data on Australian coal
production, production by grade, type and state, historic and forecast
production of selected coal mines, coal prices, historic and forecast
coal consumption and exports, consumption by type and exports by country
and type. The report also includes factors influencing Australia's coal
demand, profiles of major coal producing companies and information on
the active, exploration and development coal projects.

Australia has high-quality black and brown coal deposits measuring 76.4
billion tonnes (Bnt) at the end of 2014. The country was ranked fourth
in the world, with 8.6% of global proven coal reserves, of which
sub-bituminous and lignite grade reserves accounted for 51.4%, and
anthracite and bituminous grades accounted for 48.6%.

Key Highlights:

- An estimated 473.6 million tonnes (Mt) of coal was produced in 2014,
up by 3.2% over 2013.

- The average benchmark price of thermal coal for the Japanese Fiscal
Year 2015 (JFY, April 2015 to March 2016) was US$67.8 per tonne, down by
17% over JFY2014.

- Black coal resources are mainly found in the states of Queensland and
New South Wales (NSW), which respectively accounted for 58% and 38% of
the total economic demonstrated resources (EDR) of black coal in 2013.

- Brown coal deposits are found in Victoria, with other deposits in
Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. Around 19% of the
world's recoverable brown coal resources are located in Australia, which
ranks second after Germany in terms of brown coal reserves. Almost all
the country's recoverable brown coal EDR is located in the Latrobe
Valley, Victoria.

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